One day a Computer Will Fit on a Desk

I remember about that time, going to our wholesale, co-op, grocery supplier. One of the largest independent co-ops of its day.

The IBM computer room was several thousand square feet.

We went from turning in orders marked with a pen on a tear out strip in a book to some kind of punch- in the numbers gadget that connected to dial up via a "cup" shaped device that fit over the talk portion of the old rotary phone receiver.

Later, when bar codes became the norm , we just scanned the shelf tag with a "wand". Lol.

Now, the computer is in your pocket and you can access it with your wrist watch.